Dear blog,
Went for standard chartered marathon, and it was a nightmare. I could still maintain the jogging / running till about 28km, after which I gave up and walked the rest of the journey. It was such a hot and arduous morning, and it felt totally terrible. When I had finally reached the finishing point, I was red from sun burn, and my legs hurt badly. Couldn't walk. Took a cab home and slept!
Then I had gone to Krabi in the hopes of doing my virgin wakeboarding with my friends. Turned out that there wasn't wakeboarding there. So I did some kayaking in Krabi on the first day, then my friend drove 190km all the way to Phuket for wakeboarding. I didn't really manage to stand on the water after the 2hour session, probably because I was too stiff haha. Then at night, I drove the journey back. We got lost and probably clocked 230km haha!
The wonderful and lazy holidays finally ended and soon, school's starting. What a super uber duper hectic and busy life!!! One can never imagine the workload! I work at home after work at night; I work on weekends; I work everyday throughout the CNY holidays. That's how life is for me. I hope it will get better soon enough. Looking forward to the term break!
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Sunday, October 17, 2010
run run run
Dear blog,
Ever since I've gotten the car, I've gotten used to driving and feeling good every time I take a much shorter duration to get to school. However, there were some minor incidents that upset me, like brushing against kerb and others, resulting in some scratches. The first incident resulted in a $70 hole in pocket, the second time I just ignored it as it's futile to attempt to patch back any flaws.
Just gotten my iphone on Thursday 14 Oct from M1. Bro has got some corporate plan where I could get either 40% off for the first 2 basic plans, and 60% off for the 3rd most expensive plan. So I got that and paid $60 for my iphone 32gb, and am paying $39.20 every month for the $98 plan. A sweeeeeet deal. Too bad have to get a new number. I like this new number too, but I also like the original sighz. What a hassle to change phone number, that is IF I decide to change. Have to inform friends, change online personal information like online banking, NS.sg, singapore portal, insurance, blah blah blah. Sighz. Guess I'll just use this new line till 24mths then terminate it; meantime just use it for extra phone calls / sms and also for fellow iphone friends.
Went for the New Balance run today. I haven't been training, and with the lack of sleep, I really couldn't run. Took around 2hrs for the 15km. Sucks. Going for stand chart in December too, wonder how on earth am I going to conquer it. Gotta start intensive training!
Ever since I've gotten the car, I've gotten used to driving and feeling good every time I take a much shorter duration to get to school. However, there were some minor incidents that upset me, like brushing against kerb and others, resulting in some scratches. The first incident resulted in a $70 hole in pocket, the second time I just ignored it as it's futile to attempt to patch back any flaws.
Just gotten my iphone on Thursday 14 Oct from M1. Bro has got some corporate plan where I could get either 40% off for the first 2 basic plans, and 60% off for the 3rd most expensive plan. So I got that and paid $60 for my iphone 32gb, and am paying $39.20 every month for the $98 plan. A sweeeeeet deal. Too bad have to get a new number. I like this new number too, but I also like the original sighz. What a hassle to change phone number, that is IF I decide to change. Have to inform friends, change online personal information like online banking, NS.sg, singapore portal, insurance, blah blah blah. Sighz. Guess I'll just use this new line till 24mths then terminate it; meantime just use it for extra phone calls / sms and also for fellow iphone friends.
Went for the New Balance run today. I haven't been training, and with the lack of sleep, I really couldn't run. Took around 2hrs for the 15km. Sucks. Going for stand chart in December too, wonder how on earth am I going to conquer it. Gotta start intensive training!
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Another update.
hey bloggie,
I've been late in typing here again. Anyway, so far so good. I went for a short vacation to Macau w/ family in June during the holidays and was pleasantly surprised by the cool weather and nice small city. Ate the nice noodles, 'shao la', macau pork chop bun, and Portuguese egg tarts there. Overall taste and impression was good! I had printed out some famous places of interest and food heavens prior to leaving, and am I glad I did so, else we would be fumbling over there lol. Actually the 2nd day was a disaster, because I had planned the whole day to be a walking sight-seeing trip. Alas, it rained throughout, and our shoes were soaked and we were feeling cold and tired from the walking, especially since my parents have ailing knees and ankles. In the end, after walking for a good half of the day, we took a cab back to hotel and then rested awhile before heading for the casinos again haha! We visited all the major casinos and also did Venetian Macau, which had a splendid interior! A very good eye opener =) It was a good trip overall, thanks to planning beforehand! =)
Soon, it was time to start practicum. The 1 month break had come to an abrupt end, for me =( It was actually pretty alright for me, not too tiring and I didn't have many lessons a day as well. Enjoyed my time here, especially since I had many new practicum teachers with me as well, and had good CTs. I didn't do well for my Sup first observation for Eng; it was a complete flop because the lesson was just too difficult for them haiz =( but anyway, I did good for my second observation for CPA, and that should do the trick =) Anyway, I've sorta completed all my observations, and am now waiting for it to end =) Another 3 more months before I plunge into the real world of teaching =)
This week marked an important milestone in my life. I got a second hand car from Ubi AML, at a good price! I suddenly got interested in cars, and after a short research online, went down and checked almost all the cars out. On the 2nd day there, my dad and I placed a deposit already. Then, the salesman did some repair/maintenance work for me before I collected my car. I sourced for my own motor insurance from Aviva as it was much cheaper (a good $250 lesser) than the salesman's lowest quotes from various insurance companies. The car is a Toyota Corolla Altis Black 1.6A, first registered in Jan 2006, so it's considered 4 half years old now =) But! Both the interior and exterior looked exceptionally new and beautiful, especially since the dealer had changed all the seats inside to a brand new beige leather upholstery =) Then after collecting the car on Friday, my dad and I went down to Poh Heng and changed the rims and tyres on Saturday. Paid $320 after trading in the original 15" sports rims and tyres, for a 2nd hand 17" rims and tyres. It was a superb price, and the results were significant. My dad felt that handling and grip was improved, and the price was well-spent =) I could also feel the difference too, even though I was still green at driving.
We went a few places on Saturday night with the whole family, and my dad guided me to some places and I actually drove on the highway for the first time. Yeee haw! Feels shiok! =)
I've been late in typing here again. Anyway, so far so good. I went for a short vacation to Macau w/ family in June during the holidays and was pleasantly surprised by the cool weather and nice small city. Ate the nice noodles, 'shao la', macau pork chop bun, and Portuguese egg tarts there. Overall taste and impression was good! I had printed out some famous places of interest and food heavens prior to leaving, and am I glad I did so, else we would be fumbling over there lol. Actually the 2nd day was a disaster, because I had planned the whole day to be a walking sight-seeing trip. Alas, it rained throughout, and our shoes were soaked and we were feeling cold and tired from the walking, especially since my parents have ailing knees and ankles. In the end, after walking for a good half of the day, we took a cab back to hotel and then rested awhile before heading for the casinos again haha! We visited all the major casinos and also did Venetian Macau, which had a splendid interior! A very good eye opener =) It was a good trip overall, thanks to planning beforehand! =)
Soon, it was time to start practicum. The 1 month break had come to an abrupt end, for me =( It was actually pretty alright for me, not too tiring and I didn't have many lessons a day as well. Enjoyed my time here, especially since I had many new practicum teachers with me as well, and had good CTs. I didn't do well for my Sup first observation for Eng; it was a complete flop because the lesson was just too difficult for them haiz =( but anyway, I did good for my second observation for CPA, and that should do the trick =) Anyway, I've sorta completed all my observations, and am now waiting for it to end =) Another 3 more months before I plunge into the real world of teaching =)
This week marked an important milestone in my life. I got a second hand car from Ubi AML, at a good price! I suddenly got interested in cars, and after a short research online, went down and checked almost all the cars out. On the 2nd day there, my dad and I placed a deposit already. Then, the salesman did some repair/maintenance work for me before I collected my car. I sourced for my own motor insurance from Aviva as it was much cheaper (a good $250 lesser) than the salesman's lowest quotes from various insurance companies. The car is a Toyota Corolla Altis Black 1.6A, first registered in Jan 2006, so it's considered 4 half years old now =) But! Both the interior and exterior looked exceptionally new and beautiful, especially since the dealer had changed all the seats inside to a brand new beige leather upholstery =) Then after collecting the car on Friday, my dad and I went down to Poh Heng and changed the rims and tyres on Saturday. Paid $320 after trading in the original 15" sports rims and tyres, for a 2nd hand 17" rims and tyres. It was a superb price, and the results were significant. My dad felt that handling and grip was improved, and the price was well-spent =) I could also feel the difference too, even though I was still green at driving.
We went a few places on Saturday night with the whole family, and my dad guided me to some places and I actually drove on the highway for the first time. Yeee haw! Feels shiok! =)
Sunday, May 09, 2010
HELLO
It's been a long time, oh man. Have been pretty lazy for past few months in posting here. Guess kinda outgrown this kinda habit haa. Anyway, it's been pretty good in at yck. Colleagues are not bad, and work's pretty manageable haha. And I love all my kids =) Though they do give me a lot of problems, but they are generally lovable and sweet! Why sweet? Because they gave me sooo many things on 1st Sept 09! Haha. Was pleasantly surprised!
Anyway, had a nice nice dinner on 11 Sept last year at Outback Steakhouse at Millenia Walk. Celebrated bdae dinner =) Food was very good, and we ate till we couldn't walk! Haha. Love the cheese fries, deep fried shitake mushrooms, and my cheese smeared chicken breast. Yum yum. Now that they have a MRT station near it (Promenade), one could go there easily to have a good feast!
The super good cheese fries with bacon!
The juicy deep fried shitake mushrooms!
My cheese chicken breast with pilaf rice! *drools*
Pan-fried salmon with pilaf rice! Perfectly grilled with lotsa juices!
Went to sentosa for staff retreat on 24 Nov, and took the Skyride and Luge for the first time! The skyride was booooooooring, but the luge was a good invention! There's totally no chemical/electrical power involved, purely operated by physics and gravity. I enjoyed it though it was pretty short haha. After this, it was holiday time!
Had signed up for the bond just before the hols. Was still hesitant prior to that, but when the letter came, I just thought "what the heck" and just went for it. Haha. Hope I will like it!
I went to KL and Genting with family in december during the hols. First time to KL, and second time to Genting since pre-primary school days! Haha. Genting was very very cool, I just love that weather! Had some nice dinner at chinese restaurant, walked around the various hotels, and gambled in the casino for a short while. Played jackpot, and left without losing anything haha. Was almost going to leave after my last credits, and I actually won back what I've lost in my last 3 credits lol! Then I just left the place =) Went to KL, and it wasn't very interesting. Food was ok, and shopping was actually quite lousy haha! Even the IT shopping centre there (Low Yat Plaza) wasn't very well spaced out.
Slacked around after that, and had a very day out, and nice dinner at Brasserie Wolf on 31 Dec. Had foie gras as starter, superbly done! Then we had a thick juicy steak and lamb chop for starters, and an orange ice cream pancake which was out-of-this-world! Sweet and sinful, but irresistible =)
Me waiting for food to come.
the yummilicious foie gras!
me before tucking in to my foie gras!!!!
my uberlicious steak! So massive, I could sustain on this protein for 3 days =)
the equally delicious lamb leg!
the sinful but sweet and tasty pancake!
The restaurant!
I then started school in Jan. It was pretty slack in the first 2 months, but after that, the work suddenly started piling up! I was just overwhelmed during CNY period, and was actually busy doing assignments in the midst of CNY! LOL!
Bought Lenovo Y460 laptop during March IT Fair. I got a super super good deal! It was $1699 with $100 taka voucher on first 3 days, but dropped to $1649 with an extra free Seagate 320gb 2.5" external hdd on the last day. I got it, and then during the lucky draw, I actually won a Logitech Cordless Rumblepad 2! Haha! AND.. JF actually helped me win the last prize of the IT Fair lucky draw! It was a $200 cheque hehe. So lucky! After selling away all the misc stuff, old laptop, and getting the LDS, I paid something like $6xx for it! Haha! Could have sold off the taka voucher, but gave it to mum cos she could buy something with it during the GSS this year =) Needed the laptop for work, else I wouldn't have gotten it.
Went to a few places for my bdae this year:
Bought the Fujifilm F200 EXR camera at $379 from audiohouse, because I needed a new small compact good camera to bring to Macau on 1st June with my family. Going there for a short 4 days vacation. Hope we can get to eat some good food and buy some nice clothes there! =)
Ok, that's it for now. =)
Anyway, had a nice nice dinner on 11 Sept last year at Outback Steakhouse at Millenia Walk. Celebrated bdae dinner =) Food was very good, and we ate till we couldn't walk! Haha. Love the cheese fries, deep fried shitake mushrooms, and my cheese smeared chicken breast. Yum yum. Now that they have a MRT station near it (Promenade), one could go there easily to have a good feast!
The super good cheese fries with bacon!
The juicy deep fried shitake mushrooms!
My cheese chicken breast with pilaf rice! *drools*
Pan-fried salmon with pilaf rice! Perfectly grilled with lotsa juices!
Went to sentosa for staff retreat on 24 Nov, and took the Skyride and Luge for the first time! The skyride was booooooooring, but the luge was a good invention! There's totally no chemical/electrical power involved, purely operated by physics and gravity. I enjoyed it though it was pretty short haha. After this, it was holiday time!
Had signed up for the bond just before the hols. Was still hesitant prior to that, but when the letter came, I just thought "what the heck" and just went for it. Haha. Hope I will like it!
I went to KL and Genting with family in december during the hols. First time to KL, and second time to Genting since pre-primary school days! Haha. Genting was very very cool, I just love that weather! Had some nice dinner at chinese restaurant, walked around the various hotels, and gambled in the casino for a short while. Played jackpot, and left without losing anything haha. Was almost going to leave after my last credits, and I actually won back what I've lost in my last 3 credits lol! Then I just left the place =) Went to KL, and it wasn't very interesting. Food was ok, and shopping was actually quite lousy haha! Even the IT shopping centre there (Low Yat Plaza) wasn't very well spaced out.
Slacked around after that, and had a very day out, and nice dinner at Brasserie Wolf on 31 Dec. Had foie gras as starter, superbly done! Then we had a thick juicy steak and lamb chop for starters, and an orange ice cream pancake which was out-of-this-world! Sweet and sinful, but irresistible =)
Me waiting for food to come.
the yummilicious foie gras!
me before tucking in to my foie gras!!!!
my uberlicious steak! So massive, I could sustain on this protein for 3 days =)
the equally delicious lamb leg!
the sinful but sweet and tasty pancake!
The restaurant!
I then started school in Jan. It was pretty slack in the first 2 months, but after that, the work suddenly started piling up! I was just overwhelmed during CNY period, and was actually busy doing assignments in the midst of CNY! LOL!
Bought Lenovo Y460 laptop during March IT Fair. I got a super super good deal! It was $1699 with $100 taka voucher on first 3 days, but dropped to $1649 with an extra free Seagate 320gb 2.5" external hdd on the last day. I got it, and then during the lucky draw, I actually won a Logitech Cordless Rumblepad 2! Haha! AND.. JF actually helped me win the last prize of the IT Fair lucky draw! It was a $200 cheque hehe. So lucky! After selling away all the misc stuff, old laptop, and getting the LDS, I paid something like $6xx for it! Haha! Could have sold off the taka voucher, but gave it to mum cos she could buy something with it during the GSS this year =) Needed the laptop for work, else I wouldn't have gotten it.
Went to a few places for my bdae this year:
- Esmirada at Orchard. Wow, food was good! Went with a during restaurant week, and food was very nice. Had a very long tall garlic bread, lamb chop and fish for mains, and a tiramisu cake for dessert. Because it was my bdae, they had a tradition of throwing porcelain plates on the ground as celebration. So the waiter passed plates to all the tables present to throw on the floor! This was really a first time for me. Love that place =)
Me posing with their menu/brochure
the unbelievably succulent beef
the equally awesome fish steak - A restaurant on board a ship at Marina Bay at the pier. Had a mini side buffet with jf. The sides consisted of just salad, pilaf rice, baked potatoes, and some dessert. The mains were pretty good though. The chicken chop was especially succulent and I love the sauce so much!
- Vienna buffet at UE with family. Had buffet lunch there, and I took my favourite foods of salmon sashimi, swordtail sashimi, oysters, and unagi. Food was very good, and it was packed on a Saturday afternoon! Haha. Love eating salmon so much!
hairy crab, crayfish, and prawns - Crystal Jade Korean bbq restaurant at Centrepoint with D2. Didn't know Crystal Jade has this kind of korean bbq restaurant at all! Haha. We took the buffet option, and the food was pretty good. Better than Seoul Garden for sure (zw kept harping on it lol)!
Bought the Fujifilm F200 EXR camera at $379 from audiohouse, because I needed a new small compact good camera to bring to Macau on 1st June with my family. Going there for a short 4 days vacation. Hope we can get to eat some good food and buy some nice clothes there! =)
Ok, that's it for now. =)
Sunday, August 02, 2009
Overdue post
Haha my blog, sorry for neglecting you for so long. I mean, it was such a wonderful holiday period for me for the past month, that I totally forgot about you haha!
First up, my DrumZout 2009 was a roaring success on 20th June at vivocity amphitheatre! We started the preparatory work on friday, and transported many stuff to vivo in the day. Then, jy and me stayed overnight at vivo, and we only went back home on sat morning itself when some people came to relieve us. I took my time at home, and used the computer haha, and only reached vivo at around 2pm lol. Shortly after, the competition commenced, and it was such a spendid performance by all the teams!
My bro then let me in on a part time lobang haha. Hasbro, the toy company, is having a booth at marina square for the Parents' Fiesta 2009. Basically, what we did were just game station masters, and taught the kids how to play. Pretty fun job, and I liked interacting with all the super uber cute kids there! Haha!
I also had ate at Molly Malone with jf for his bday on 3rd july. I first went there with my army D2, and realized they really served good fish n chips, and so I decided to go there again hehe.. Then after the filling meal, we headed over to suntec city to visit the World Cyber Games there. Well, we reached there pretty late, and they were closing already, and so it was pretty boring.
My dad's bdae also falls on this month 12th, and we had a superb buffet dinner at kuishinbo on saturday 11th july at suntec! I only called and tried making reservations on the day itself, and was thus denied a reservation because it was fully booked. So, we headed over early, hoping to get a walk-in table. Alas, we were a little too late, and thus spent an hour waiting for the early birds promo diners to finish before we had our table. Yummy food! My parents loved the snow crabs, salmon sashimi, and many many other nice foodie like the chocolate fondue etc. =))) And on sunday itself, which was my dad's bdae, I went to collect a new york cheesecake from northpoint bakerzinn. I had earlier made an order on friday to collect the cake on sunday. My dad lurve cakes, and was thus delighted at having a very nice and tasty cheesecake! He took quite a few pictures haha! The cake was finished in just 24 hours. Imagine the cake craving that lurks in my family lol! =)
Finally, it was time to start planning for my driving lessons! I booked a total of 5 lessons, inclusive of 1 circuit lesson, before my impending test on 20th july! I was originally under this instructor, or group of instructors, whose head was a Mr Ong. Well, all his instructors were very lousy and unprofessional, and only taught me how to drive, and not how to pass the test, nor all the safety driving checks. I failed my test, with a grand 42 points without any immediate failure, in february this year. Then, I had changed a new instructor who was a single instructor on his own, and had a very high 1st time passing rate in bbdc. I had also booked a test in April, right after my last exam paper, but after taking 2 lessons under him, I felt that I wasn't ready yet for the test, and so, I forfeited the test. It's better to lose $20 than to lose the test $150 haha. And so, now, I had my final test on 20th july. I was super nervous on the test date, and during the test, the tester had helped me brake twice! I thought it was gonna be a bad test, but alas, I passed with only 6 points! Haha. Thanks to this new Mr Tan, that helped me to pass. He was a good instructor who taught me all the correct techniques, unlike my previous ones. But then, he had thought badly of me actually haha, cos he didn't had the confidence that I would pass, and so when I asked him how many points he think I would have gotten, he replied '16 or 18'. ZzzZZzz. Lol. I was surprised at the score myself too hehe. And so to celebrate, I went to eat buffet again w A haha!
Next comes my convocation and reservist. I had woken early on tuesday to go back ntu with my family for my convo. Took quite some pics haha. But the ceremony itself was abit slow. I waited very long before going on stage to collect my cert as my surname was one of the last few to go up. So, I fell asleep haha! Had little sleep the previous night lol. Then after the whole thing, I rushed home, changed, and went to nee soon camp for my IMT. This year's ICT is range. Shoot only haha!
Tmr's my 1st day of work at yckss. Wonder what will happen. And if I'll be suitable for this job. The future is uncertain, but I hope it's exciting and fun!
Fingers crossed,
YY
First up, my DrumZout 2009 was a roaring success on 20th June at vivocity amphitheatre! We started the preparatory work on friday, and transported many stuff to vivo in the day. Then, jy and me stayed overnight at vivo, and we only went back home on sat morning itself when some people came to relieve us. I took my time at home, and used the computer haha, and only reached vivo at around 2pm lol. Shortly after, the competition commenced, and it was such a spendid performance by all the teams!
My bro then let me in on a part time lobang haha. Hasbro, the toy company, is having a booth at marina square for the Parents' Fiesta 2009. Basically, what we did were just game station masters, and taught the kids how to play. Pretty fun job, and I liked interacting with all the super uber cute kids there! Haha!
I also had ate at Molly Malone with jf for his bday on 3rd july. I first went there with my army D2, and realized they really served good fish n chips, and so I decided to go there again hehe.. Then after the filling meal, we headed over to suntec city to visit the World Cyber Games there. Well, we reached there pretty late, and they were closing already, and so it was pretty boring.
My dad's bdae also falls on this month 12th, and we had a superb buffet dinner at kuishinbo on saturday 11th july at suntec! I only called and tried making reservations on the day itself, and was thus denied a reservation because it was fully booked. So, we headed over early, hoping to get a walk-in table. Alas, we were a little too late, and thus spent an hour waiting for the early birds promo diners to finish before we had our table. Yummy food! My parents loved the snow crabs, salmon sashimi, and many many other nice foodie like the chocolate fondue etc. =))) And on sunday itself, which was my dad's bdae, I went to collect a new york cheesecake from northpoint bakerzinn. I had earlier made an order on friday to collect the cake on sunday. My dad lurve cakes, and was thus delighted at having a very nice and tasty cheesecake! He took quite a few pictures haha! The cake was finished in just 24 hours. Imagine the cake craving that lurks in my family lol! =)
Finally, it was time to start planning for my driving lessons! I booked a total of 5 lessons, inclusive of 1 circuit lesson, before my impending test on 20th july! I was originally under this instructor, or group of instructors, whose head was a Mr Ong. Well, all his instructors were very lousy and unprofessional, and only taught me how to drive, and not how to pass the test, nor all the safety driving checks. I failed my test, with a grand 42 points without any immediate failure, in february this year. Then, I had changed a new instructor who was a single instructor on his own, and had a very high 1st time passing rate in bbdc. I had also booked a test in April, right after my last exam paper, but after taking 2 lessons under him, I felt that I wasn't ready yet for the test, and so, I forfeited the test. It's better to lose $20 than to lose the test $150 haha. And so, now, I had my final test on 20th july. I was super nervous on the test date, and during the test, the tester had helped me brake twice! I thought it was gonna be a bad test, but alas, I passed with only 6 points! Haha. Thanks to this new Mr Tan, that helped me to pass. He was a good instructor who taught me all the correct techniques, unlike my previous ones. But then, he had thought badly of me actually haha, cos he didn't had the confidence that I would pass, and so when I asked him how many points he think I would have gotten, he replied '16 or 18'. ZzzZZzz. Lol. I was surprised at the score myself too hehe. And so to celebrate, I went to eat buffet again w A haha!
Next comes my convocation and reservist. I had woken early on tuesday to go back ntu with my family for my convo. Took quite some pics haha. But the ceremony itself was abit slow. I waited very long before going on stage to collect my cert as my surname was one of the last few to go up. So, I fell asleep haha! Had little sleep the previous night lol. Then after the whole thing, I rushed home, changed, and went to nee soon camp for my IMT. This year's ICT is range. Shoot only haha!
Tmr's my 1st day of work at yckss. Wonder what will happen. And if I'll be suitable for this job. The future is uncertain, but I hope it's exciting and fun!
Fingers crossed,
YY
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